Vlad Țepeș (1431 – 1476)

Patinated plaster bust of ruler Vlad the Impaler made by the artist Marius Butunoiu which is located on the balcony of the Old Book and Printing Museum in the Royal Court of Târgoviște. Vlad Țepeș (the Impaler) was a 3-time voivode of Wallachia under the name of Vlad III. The nickname Dracula was born from the association of the cruel punishments he applied to opponents or those who broke the law. Vlad III is also known in Romanian historiography as Ţepeş (the Impaler), also a nickname given by